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abbaiare

to bark

verb ahb-bah-YAH-reh Rare

Usage Note

Abbaiare is a regular -are verb meaning to bark (of a dog). The idiomatic phrase cane che abbaia non morde ('a barking dog doesn't bite') is a very common proverb. It takes avere as its auxiliary in compound tenses: il cane ha abbaiato tutta la notte.

Examples

"Il cane abbaia alla luna ogni sera."

Natural Translation

The dog barks at the moon every evening.

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